Table 2.
Prevalence of guideline-compliant empirical prescribing by clinical syndrome
Infectious syndrome | Guideline compliant | Guideline non-compliant | Total | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Appropriate | Effective-unnecessary | Under-treatment | Inappropriate | Not assessable | ||
Pneumonia | 73 (84.9%) | 6 (7.0%) | 7 (8.1%) | 0 | 0 | 86 |
Intra-abdominal infection | 20 (50%) | 7 (17.5%) | 11 (27.5%) | 1 (2.5%) | 1 (2.5%) | 40 |
Urinary tract infection | 45 (54.9%) | 29 (35.4%) | 8 (9.8%) | 0 | 0 | 82 |
Bacteremia | 13 (34.2%) | 7 (18.4%) | 15 (39.5%) | 0 | 3 (7.9%) | 38 |